Health Literacy

Health Literacy is the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate healthcare decisions. Approximately 80 million U.S. adults have limited health literacy.

How Can RCHI Help?

Teach the health care team on patient-provider communication gap, which is one of the reasons for preventable readmissions.

Introduce communication methodologies to assist the health care team to improve interpersonal communication with patients.